It’s something we have to keep in mind here when hiking this time of year. The temperature when the first photo was taken was in the 20’s and there was a stiff wind. For the second it was calm and about 50.

Off to the right in the first photo the ground drops off about a thousand feet and the view on a clear day is over 50 miles. Being there on a day like that produces a somewhat warm feeling for me, as though the clouds are a soft curtain all around.

On a clear day one tends to concentrate on seeing what’s down below there. On a cloudy day, the mind remembers and wonders, a completely different feeling. It’s also awesome to see a snow storm from above it.